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Old 11-May-2008, 01:14 AM
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Default Near-ideal conditions to spot Mercury

A heads-up for those who have never spotted this hard-to-find planet. Mercury is approaching greatest eastern elongation (it will get there May 14) and the ecliptic is striking a suitably steep angle to the horizon at sunset.
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